Interview with a Bookstore: The Mysterious Bookshop in New York

Booksellers from the world’s largest and oldest mystery-specific bookshop share their workplace anecdotes and favourite reads in the genre

Interview with a Bookstore from Literary Hub is part of the Guardian Books Network

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The Mysterious Bookshop opened its doors on Friday the 13th, April 1979. Founded by Otto Penzler, the space also contained the Mysterious Press offices. The bookshop was one of the first bookstores – mystery-themed or otherwise – to make a practice of featuring signed first editions of new titles. In 2005, the store (and its publishing activities) moved from West 56th Street to its current home on Warren Street in Tribeca. Today, it is the largest and oldest mystery-specific bookstore in the world.

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